To those of you with Pit Bulls . . .

[RD]

How are your Pits with other dogs? I haven't had the opportunity to meet many Pit Bulls owned and trained by responsible people, most around here are usually allowed to run amok.

To those of you with a Pit Bull (or multiple Pits) in a multi-dog household, how do they get along with the members of their pack? Any noticeable tension between your Pit Bull/bully breed dogs and the other dogs?

 

[Mach1girl]

Well, my bullies are afraid of my pekes!!!

So far, they have been wonderful with their housemates. Mom is aggressive with strange dogs outside of the home, but housemates are fine.

The oldest Sass, has always been fine with others inside and outside the home, never a problem.

The pups, well are just that, pups, at 5 months old they know their place on the ladder, and are wonderful. They are both(knock on wood) also great so far out in the community with other animals.

I have had many fosters that were pit/pit mixes and never had a problem w/ them inside the home together.

 

[bittervanityx]

Yami is so-so with other dogs. It takes him a little while to get used to the dog. He absolutly adores his brother (they do not live in the same house hold) and he also has a bunch of other doggy friends ranging in size from small to large. His best friend is a pitbull, although they havent seen each other in a while He does better with more submissive dogs because he always wants to be the "big man." Loud barky dogs make him nervous and he gets a little weird around them. But he does pretty well with dogs that are calm and well trained. Although sometimes he doesnt know when he's playing too rough, so i have to correct him now and then. But overall, hes pretty okay with other doggies.

 

[rutylr]

We have Rottweilers and pits running together,so far everything is going good,but all the pit bulls are under a year so we will see.We have 2 female Rottweilers who can not ever see each other so we are use to having dogs that have to be Juggled.So if it does happen we will handle it.

 

[MOODYGIRL]

Well I do know when I worked and my old job. At a kennel there was this pit he was so good, around other dogs mean you could leave him alone with dog he would do thing.

I mean I wanted to ask the owner how he/she trained him. I know pits that are good I mean I NEVER saw a mean pit. but this dog was like a one of a kind.

 

[Roxy's CD]

Hades was a bit aggressive towards strange dogs, (he'd growl and his hair would raise) until we started going to school. In school he doesn't bother with the other dogs, just focuses on the tasks at hand. Since his first lesson, he hasnt' growled or barked at any other dogs. Last lesson another dog, (Manchester Terrier at that) lunged at him and sniffed his behind, Hades just looked at me.

With my parents dog Brutus he's great. They love each other. They spend all of their time together running and wrestling. Not once have I ever seen Hades get aggressive or even dominant with him.

At home, he's last in line in the pecking order. Roxy pushes him around quite a bit and he does nothing about it. Every once in a while they'll be wrestling and Hades may try to get in a dominant position over Roxy and she'll quickly put him in his place with a snarl or even just a look. A look is usually all it takes and Hades will go to his kennel.

Overall Hades is quite content with his place in the pack. He "greets" Roxy often, tail wagging, and licking her muzzle. When they go for walks, they run and wrestle. Hades has NEVER growled or snapped at Roxy, ever. If Roxy's in a bad mood most of the time he'll bugger off to his kennel.

We've never had any problems with Hades regarding Roxy or Brutus. Hades annoys them sometimes but he's never been aggressive. Of course we got him very young so perhaps that's why he's so content.

 

[RD]

Thank you guys for the input, I appreciate it!

 

[weylyn]

I haven't had the opportunity to meet many Pit Bulls owned and trained by responsible people, most around here are usually allowed to run amok.

That's too bad

To those of you with a Pit Bull (or multiple Pits) in a multi-dog household, how do they get along with the members of their pack? Any noticeable tension between your Pit Bull/bully breed dogs and the other dogs?

I have three rescued pit bulls/pit mixes, all spayed females. Obviously, I have a few screws loose *g* I do live with three terrier bitches, after all.

They vary in how they tolerate other dogs, and that's always subject to change.

Mally can be a little rude, even with my crew, and she doesn't like strange dogs. That doesn't mean I don't require her to be civil, she's fine with strange dogs as long as they don't try to mess with her. She's very active, very drivey. She's going on 3 years old.

Ripley is my matriarch, my old girl, and prefers to spend her time sleeping with a few little spurts of energy throughout the day. She has tolerated almost every dog that has come through my doors as a foster. She prefers the company of people over dogs (very typical), and pretty much ignores other dogs. She's about 5 years old.

Champagne (in my avatar) is the most dog friendly of the three. We go to training classes often and she's very tolerant so far, even to the point of assisting in the rehab of a dog-aggressive Chihuahua. I have been grateful to her, she's changed many minds. She's going on 3 years old.

Both Mally and Champagne have Canine Good Citizen titles, and passed on their first try.

All three get along well, but there's always a chance that that can change. They are pit bulls, of course, but multi-dog households (esp multi-same sex households) have a certain level of risk involved. Multi-pit homes more so. My dogs are never, ever allowed to be together while I'm gone. They're never fed together. They don't share high value treats or toys, and when they get toys it's always under supervision. I don't take them into situations I know would be unwise, like off-leash dog events or dog parks. I do my best to be proactive. I have to understand that there is a big chance of inter-dog aggression in my household, but that's a risk I've already taken. God willing there won't be, and there hasn't been as of right now. I thank God every day I don't have a scrap. A scrapless day is a good day, no matter what else happens

I love my girls. I couldn't imagine being without them.

 

[Brattina88]

When I was fostering Ginger, a brindle pit bull type dog she was good with all of my current dogs, and most of those on the street. Actually, she was probably one of my easiest foster dogs, and got adopted out very quickly because she wasn't dog aggressive unless the other dog advanced to her in a threatening manner
When I was volunteering at Remelton - a theraputic horse program for physically and emotionally challenged children (I can't even remember if that's how its spelled ) and I lived in Mansfield, Maddie and I used to walk down the street from where we lived to a horse farm. There was a pit bull that lived between the house and the farm that was always off leash, and she was very sweet and socail. I think maybe because she was aloud to greet anyone she wanted, and Maddie is submissive anyway but she was really really sweet HTH

 

[elegy]

i want to preface this by saying both of my dogs came to me as adults. i have zero idea how they were socialized or if they were socialized as pups. my personal feeling is that a big part of dog-aggression in pit bulls is genetic, but i also think that socialization can make a significant difference.

anyway, luce is fine with most boys, unless they take issue with her bossy pushy in-your-face-ness. she does not generally tolerate medium/large breed females well, though she can certainly be around them on leash (hours and hours of work has gone into *that* small detail of life. she was absurdly dog-reactive when i got her.)

she was, however, fantastic with the geriatric female poodle i used to have. she was so gentle, would let the little senile 8 pound poodle take away her chewies, would put up with anything. go figure.

mushroom's much more chill about other dogs, though he's got this monkey-see-monkey-do "luce freaks out so i should too" thing going on at the moment. he seems to do equally well with males and females.

as far as with each other, they've had their scuffles, they've gotten into a few snark-fights and drawn blood on each other a handful of times. i'm careful with them, never leave them alone together, and do everything i can to prevent situations with other dogs where things could go bad.

 

[Amstaffer]

Short: I have two and both are wonderful and very trustworthy. (spayed female- 9) and intact male -5)

Long: Athena is the most easy going do I have ever been around regardless of breed. Athena was born in a Humane Soc. after her mother was siezed during a raid on a Pit Bull fighting ring. The only time she has shown any aggression is when two GSDs males tried to mount her at the dog park. She was a flash of teeth and growling but she never actually bit anyone (dogs) and she calmed down once they lost interest in mounting her. I view this as normal for any female dog.

Sal is very submissive to my mother's male Cockapoo when we visit and he has spent many hours a lone with other family member dogs (Shitzu to Aussie Shepard) with never even the slightest sign of aggression.

Sal is a OSD face licker and he likes it when other dogs get mad at him and chase him. My friends Pommerian has drawn blood on Sal....He only enjoyed the "game" more than ever. I honestly think Sal views aggression from other dogs as "playing" and he just runs until they are done chasing him and then comes back to tease them some more.

There is one exception to both my dogs friendliness. Athena is protective of Sal, if another dog "goes after" Sal, she get very tense and acts like she could get aggressive if Sal was really attacked. She has never actually done anything but I always put the leash on her quick to make sure.

With Sal there is one Collie that some guy walks off lease (not an off lease area) in the same area where I walk my dogs. This Collie jumped on Sal growling, Sal responded by jumping on top of this Collie and pinned it to the ground. Sal didn't bite it but he growled in tones I have never hear from him before or since. I avoid that dog like the plague now because I am afraid of what Sal might do. That is why I always say Sal is 99.9 percent friendly/non-aggressive.

In total I feel my dogs are much better with other dogs than the vast majority of dogs out there. Athena is friendly or aloof and Sal is extremely friendly (obnoxious but friendly)